Combined guide and cleaner



",1. F. MADDEN cousmsn GUIDE AND CLEANER Sept. 2, 1930.

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textile device's, and more spe cifioally;to What; may be-terinedacombineolguide and cleaner I i .knife-like edge Will be quicklyformed',,s0

"that in almost no i time, 'thise'dge' willfbel out; inger ohafing thfesilko-r other thread. 7 This Will'take place long be'foreany deiectinmemetal edge can be discovered With the, naked eye so that 'it is:necessary ,to make frequent ,1 for, Winding machines,

Im fie til aiit h i he process vis the iminding ior,eithrowing of V thethreador'yarn, -bywhieh. it'iistalren fron thees'ke n h 'nkan u d up $1191 b e'b P age-J ll-th p i i v ry 1'6 important thatthe thread or yarnbe cleaned o -a l ,n hs'elug dir h r; o ig be I adhering to it,iso that,.ill be perfect andgcleani ofdevices-in use trade qr' h e ningpr b erandefihee fil -1 1 Viola stare; commonly;- knoyyn as cleanersls a1ricllld lin thei r make-up -some kind:-

1 ma i v h h ir a th ebi ra es;

Inber (if metalgatta'ohmentifor. effecting the; actual amine?" .of j ntqi dygofewe iw 7 26of porcelain, with metal attachrnengorsvice' Versa. yI i Thegwl nding or throw ng above referred toyis done .on' nd ng-machnes, and these o mach nes areiprovided w th' wlnder guldes a5" to keepthe thread from coining in Contact with any rou gh part of the machine,and to hold iti i n perfectialinement, so that a perfect cone orpackagewill be .wound. These ivind- 5 n, e'r, guides? are of variousdesigns,.1but' they "55 11" auha efa Single objectinamely; forindingpurposes, as their name indicates, and'as 7 [During this winding:fprocessi th'e cleaners mentioned. bo ea employed tO bperate uponthreadpl lhey are suitably held. either in} front :or at theback of theffiwinder v guidesf, and'alLof thei n areprovided-With some 'liind ofalmetlal edgebl This metal edge; tso arran d hetwp a e i-p e' 40'celai'ngcooperates"with it'fbutthe metal edge;

is really the partthat does theolea ning the pofneel'ain;servingztolhold the threadgto the metalwhil the metaloperateson it; a

;'.Thegre't. ad lantageof this-piece of metal; isthatit can be'g'iyenafine edgebutit has averyr; -.'objectionable feature whichrn'orei than counteracts, this I advantage, for I it will jno-t 7 standto kind of service. 1 No matter 5 houj hard'the metal may be tempered;or; how

highly it "may be "polished, it isbound to be h first mahufacturin g, 1

Jess s."itffizinnnnjfoif ookyrLnfi fenisfTnag Yb'liK by the thread veryshoit timeflna it is a matter ofgcommon' know-ledgerthat Where metaliscut by the threadinthis ay,- a

examinations; of these'edges 'with ma nify;

1 glee fT ieri sef n ba erloe edaiorputofii-too long; andhence theoutcomeofjitg of mperfectco-nes; or v packages haye l been;

.rnetal Wearingto i this sharp: edge; it; will iti nabIeedg is notdisoovened untila'number f rake and cut and. chafe flfihel'surface ;ofthe thread till it makes it roughjc andfrazzly;

The o-bjectfof the'pr'es'ent invention to provide a" singleall-porcelain I device which Will atonce perform all the functions ofboth a Winder-guide; and :51; cleaner,- as the fundpurposes, since itperforms both functions? Hence, with v a one-piece porcelain. cleaner.-gu1de,where heretofore at least two 'and some-i timesthreeattachmentshad to be'asse mblec l}, I to. make a cleaner guide, thevcost willf,' oi:' course, bemuch cheaper and the laborof at:

taching much less. As a rule, cleaner gauge'fi. and it requires askilled mechanic to 'reidthis gauge,- andfto aoourately adjustthenietalpartsofthe 'guidestruetoa oer ta-in number of thousandthso'f anineh; I YMy guidebears] a number: indicating the l c vgaugeofthegdril'lhole'or'cleaner'hole, sothatinordef to have thercorrectgaugeittis' onl'y necessary to "select aguide bearing the {propernumberyandproperly placing. 'thezgui-deon 7 v the machine is-sorsimplethat a child can do edeemp idving l e- 1 must be set With What is termeda FfeeIer";

itnot the slightest need of any skilled mechanic forthat.

- v A'leading feature of the invention consists of a porcelain" blockhaving a gauged bore with a guide slot leading thereinto.

. The invention consists in certain novel 1 A will'be-hereinafter'described and claimed,

' reference being hadv to the accompanying drawings, in which F ig. 1 isa top planview of my 'a-singlepiece of porcelain.- As more clearlyshownin Figs. 2' and. 3, it is'comparatively l wide at the bottom andcomparatively narrow atthetop.

The bottomis provided with a longitudinal" V-shaped groove 1 to adaptitfor mounting I on the frame of the machine with which it is to windingguides on the frame-of a winding be used. At its top the, deviceisprovided. with asmall longitudinal groove 2 for the reception of theend's of thezholding wires such" as are usually employed for holding themachine. r v

' The pull on' a winder guide is; of course", a1

ways toward the rear, hence the front side 30f'the guide is made atrifle higher than therear side4,'-in order to present to thehold ingwirea slightly broader face on the side of the groove 2 which resiststhat rearward strain.

1 At its longitudinalcentre the device ispro vided with a vertical slot5 which is flared at its upper end for the easy reception of a thread,but which becomes'gradually narrower toward its lower end where itterminates in a transverse bore 6. This bore is accurately formed, andis; made ofdifferent gauges according to the number of the thread with iwhich each individual gauge is to be used.-

And'in' practice, lthat number is, stamped on .the guide, so that'theremay be no mistake or Idifliculty ingettingthe proper guide for any'given kind of thread.

wardly to the slot 5 and the gauged'bore 6,.

The device is'providedon its front. sidewitha recess 7 having its, wallstapering in- [while'on its rear sideit has a still broader recess8 whichhas a flat vertical bottom lying on the two sides of the sloth.

', By virtue: of the two; recesses- 7 and 8,

formed as just described, theopposing walls of'the slot 15 are verynarrow coming to what may be-termed arounded edge and theporcelainoneach side oftheslot is of chisel formafeatures ofconstruction an'd arrangement, as

tionflat on the rear side of a roundededge, and beveled on the frontside.

In operation, the thread is passed down through the slot 5 into the bore6 which serves the double purpose of cleaning the thread while at thesame time forming a winder guide therefor.

Due to the superb wearing qualities of porcelain, the bore 6 will not besoon cut away by the action of the thread upon it; and yet the threadwill be beautifully cleaned and the cones or packages will all containthread of a smooth andeven finish, from which a finer manufacturedproduct is made than would be possible-to make fromthread chafed andfrazzled on its surface by a metallic cleaner.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a singleall-porcelain device which takes the place of two or three devices, asordinarily used; a device which is simple, cheap and durable; does notrequire an expert or skilled mechanic to adjust or use it; and withaldoes very fine work.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A thread cleaner, formed of a single piece of porcelain, and having atransverse gauged bore with a guide s lot leading thereinto.

2. A thread cleaner, formed of a single piece ofporcelain, and havingatits longitudinalcentre a transverse gauged bore with a guide slotleading downwardly thereinto, said slot being flared at its upper endand having convergent opposing sides.

8. A device of the character described,

formed of a single piece of porcelain, and

having at its centre a transversegauged bore with a guide slot leadingdownwardly thereinto, said slot being flared at its upper end and havingconvergentopposing sides, the device being provided with front and rearrecesses surrounding said guide slot and bore.

4. A device of the character described, formed of a single piece ofporcelain, and having at its longitudinal centre a transverse gaugedbore with a guide slot leading'downwardly thereinto, said'slot beingflared at its upper end and having'convergent opposing sides; the devicebeing providedon its front side with a recess'having its bottom 7sloping upwardly to said bore and having side walls converginghorizontally to said.

guide slot and extending downwardly to said bore; and on its rear sidehavingfa recess, with a. flat vertical inner wall surrounding said slotand bore, whereby to render the walls of the" guide slot narrow withhorizontally'convergent walls at its front side and a flat wall at'itsrear side.

'5. A device of the character described, formed of a single piece ofporcelain, and

having at its longitudinal centre atransverse gauged bore with a gide-slotleading down I. .m'bore, whereby to render thewalls of the itsrear side; said device being comparatively} guide-slot narrow withhorizcintallyeonven. V "gent walls at its frontiside and a-fiatwallati';

broad at its base fandprovided withalongt I 15 tudinal' groove formounting the device on I pzorside wall of said groove being higher'thanv the machine with whiohiit is to' be: used and the upper edge ofthe'device" being narrow 1 and provided'with a longitudin'al'groove for thereception of holdingdevices, the front the rear 'wall thereof, to. holdthe} device 5 p against the greater lateral strainiimposed v 1' 7 uponsaid front wall when the'inaehine at work with the thread passingtransversely I I through the devicelfipm front to rear.

i In testimony whereof I affix my signature; l' I

